Now, because of a personal grievance against the Emperor, who had ordered his prosecution, he seemed to have by some secret means Ferreted out every bit of scandal at Potsdam, exaggerated it, invented amazing additions, and in secret sown it broadcast.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
But when they came to the tunnel and Ferreted down it they only found forty-one men, who surrendered at once.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
When the hedges are bare of leaves the rabbit-burrows are Ferreted: the holes can be more conveniently approached then, and the frost is supposed to give the rabbit a better flavour.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies